🦋 More than two-fifths of British butterflies are threatened with extinction, according to a recent report from wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation
of sightings - all based on people taking 15 minutes to go outside and relax and take notes on the different butterflies they see.
"It can act as an early-warning system, letting us know how various environmental changes are impacting insects, and allows us to gather vital data from places that would otherwise be totally unrecorded."Dr Randle added:"We really need people's help this year to help us figure out where our butterflies are and what we need to do to save them."
The Jersey tiger, a striking moth which flies during the day as well as the night, appears in this year's Big Butterfly Count identification chart for the first time. Meanwhile, the large blue butterfly was introduced to Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire in 2019 after five years of preparing the landscape for the species.
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